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Cult or Just Weird

Cult Or Just Weird

Join Chris & Kayla on their journeys of humor, discovery, and the absurd as they try to answer the question... is it a cult, or just weird?

society & culture

All Episodes

29:59

S6E3 - The Cryonauts: Guide

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/04/16

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- You're not dead til you're warm and dead. Chris & Kayla finish their cryonics facility visit with the help of a VIP "tour guide." --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor rebuttal to Michio Kaku How To

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29:24

S6E2 - The Cryonauts: Tour

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/04/09

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am the mediocre architect of my afterlife. - Glen Nesbitt Chris & Kayla take a tour of the very cool place they were headed to last episode. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor rebuttal to Michio

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48:05

S6E1 - The Cryonauts: Expedition

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/04/02

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- If a man die, shall he live again? - Book of Job 14:14 Chris and Kayla hotfoot it to a cold storage facility. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor rebuttal to Michio Kaku How To with John Wilson

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25:19

S5-and-a-half: Patreon Discussion of Season 5

Cult or Just Weird ·

2024/02/25

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Chris & Kayla recap the experience of experiencing things for Season 5 of Cult or Just Weird. (previously published on CoJW's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-5-bonus-95443966) --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock <<>> Jenny Lamb,

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01:47:32

S5E11 - The Full Circle (Death Cafes)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/11/21

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. -Albert Camus Chris and Kayla contemplate that one thing that joins us all. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Death Cafes --- *Further Reading* https://deathcafe.com/ https://www.talkdeath.com/what-is-death-cafe-my-experience-studying-participating-hosting-death-cafes/

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02:45:15

S5E10 - The Secret Knowledge (Theosophy)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/10/24

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself. -Plato Chris and Kayla attend class at another small local group... whose presence & influence is worldwide & ubiquitous. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; New Age --- *Topic Spoiler* Theosophy --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy https://www.britannica.com/topic/theosophy

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01:31:54

S5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/10/10

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible." -David Brin Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn some shocking stories about the group du jour in this part two. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON --- *Further Reading*

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01:58:58

S5E8 - The Chanters (Hare Krishnas, pt 1)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/09/26

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces." - Martha Graham Chris and Kayla go to a restaurant. Kind of. Don't worry, we'll repeat ourselves. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON --- *Further Reading* https://iskconla.com/Home.aspx https://www.iskcon.org/

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02:03:25

S5E7 - The Gambler's Meritocracy (American State-run...

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/08/29

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- It's hard to detect good luck--it looks so much like something you've earned. - Frank A. Clark Chris and Kayla visit a liquor store to try and resurrect the American dream. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* The American State-run Lottery System --- *Further Reading* https://www.amazon.com/Dollar-Dream-Lotteries-Modern-America/dp/0197604889 https://www.jonathandcohen.com/

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01:41:06

S5E6 - The Hams & Their Eggs (the LA Breakfast Club)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/08/01

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- FVNEM? FVNEX? Kayla and Chris get up at the crack of dawn to try and solve a cryptogram from 1925. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* The Los Angeles Breakfast Club --- *Further Reading* https://twitter.com/labreakfastclub https://www.labreakfastclub.com/ https://www.latimes.com/california/breakfast-club-los-angeles-latt-123 https://www.labreakfastclub.com/podcast

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01:45:03

S5E5 - The Collective's Legacy (Objectivism's...

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/07/04

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. - Theodor Adorno Chris tries to land this Ayn Rand plane in an objectively satisfying manner. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

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02:12:10

S5E4 - The Collective's Architect (Ayn Rand's life)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/06/20

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Who is Ayn Rand? Chris and Kayla try to answer this ocean of a question, exploring the many rivers and tributaries that feed it. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand_Institute https://ari.aynrand.org/

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02:27:34

S5E3 - The Collective's Dogma (Objectivist beliefs)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/06/06

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am evolving and it’s so damn beautiful. -Anonymous Chris ponders the philosophical orb with Kayla, and finally comes out as a cultist himself. Objectively speaking. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

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02:20:47

S5E2 - The Ecstatics & their DJ (Ecstatic Dance)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/05/09

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The body says what words cannot. --Martha Graham Kayla and Chris explore the roots of human bonding...set to music. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; New Religious Movement; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Ecstatic Dance --- *Further Reading* Professor Chill Spotify Electric Sufi Spotify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatic_dance

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02:12:17

S5E1 - The Wives & Their Father (the Source Family)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2023/04/11

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Experience is the teacher of all things. - Julius Caesar Kayla and Chris kick off Season 5 by going to a cult within a cult... culturducken. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* The Source Family --- *Further Reading* http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-source-restaurant.html

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01:45:24

S4E20 - The Religious Service (The Aetherius Society)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2022/12/27

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur C. Clarke Kayla and Chris end the season on a topic with a twist unlike many others covered on this show. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* The Aetherius Society --- *Further Reading* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjG-Wz2aZME

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01:30:55

S4E19 - The Magic Eyes (EMDR)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2022/12/13

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.'" - Randall Munroe Keep an eye on this one- Chris talks to Kayla about a particular type of therapy that has been gaining in popularity in the last few years. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine / Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* EMDR (Eye Movement

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01:26:19

S4E18 - The Heavy Weight (Fat Liberation & Acceptance)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2022/11/29

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” -Audre Lorde Kayla & Chris have a healing conversation about a topic that weighs heavily on all of us. --- *Search Categories* Destructive; Science / Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine / Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* Fat Liberation & Fat Acceptance --- *Further Reading* https://denariigrace.com/

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01:19:30

S4E17 - The Keening (Midsommar)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2022/11/15

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Sometimes you want pain to be acknowledged and not whitewashed- or erased by some exceptionalist point of view. -Ari Aster Chris & Kayla mix things up a bit by analyzing a cult that doesn't even exist. --- *Search Categories* Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* the film Midsommar's Harga community --- *Further Reading* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772262/

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01:51:34

S4E16 - The Fandom (Furries & Fur Science)

Cult or Just Weird ·

2022/11/01

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. -Dean Ornish Kayla & Chris explore a much-maligned fandom on the internet, and learn a little bit about themselves and humanity along the way. --- *Search Categories* Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Furry Fandom (Furries) --- *Further Reading* https://furscience.com/

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